Serving the Public & Trade Print Suppliers throughout the UK
We are specialist HOT FOIL PRINTERS based in Plymouth, Devon, UK.
As a professional print business we offer friendly, personal attention to all our customers. With experience in this form of printing going back to the 80's, we produce quality traditional foil printing on a wide selection of products. So, if you require printing that needs to look a bit different, stylish and eye-catching, consider using us.
If your unsure exactly what hot foil printing is, the next time you are in a supermarket, check out the food and pharmaceuticals packaging with Silver foil often being used on toothpaste packets etc. So whether its business cards or perhaps Golden Wedding invites for your parents special day, we can supply quality foil printing at competitive prices.
We are able to access a wide range of substrates (printing boards etc.) all with different textures and finishes which when used in conjunction with available foil colours, can produce stunning effects.
Gold, Silver, Copper, Rose Gold foils are currently the most requested colours, but we have a wide range of colourful metallic and holographic foils for any application.
TRADE HOT FOIL PRINTING SERVICE
Our TRADE foiling service is available to printers, graphic designers, marketing
and advertising companies etc. throughout the UK who are seeking a reliable, professional
quality foil printing at competitive prices.
We can take sheet sizes up to A2, but our foiling area is reduced to A5/A4 in one pass
depending on the job requirements.
We can foil to A4 for certificates etc., but only in small quantities (max. 100)
using our laser foil machines.
So whether you are seeking total foil printed items or foil added to pre-printed stationery
please consider us.
We have the capacity to cater for small runs of less than 100 or larger runs of thousands.
Foil Printing and how it works!
Hot foil printing also referred to as gold blocking, foil blocking or hot foil stamping, is a dry printing process
which uses rolls of coloured foil in place of ink. The process involves having a metal plate (block or die), in negative
made of the artwork, heatint it up and running the foil between this and the substrate surface to be printed.
The rolls of foil have 3 layers; the clear carrier film, the colour and finally, the all important glue layer. This varies
according to the substrate the foil is being applied to. By a mixture of dwell (time spent when foil, die and substrate are in contact) , pressure and temperature (around 80-120 deg. C.) the foil will adhere to the surface of the product.
It is possible to achieve striking foil finishes on paper, card, board, plastics, PVC, vinyl, silk and even some woods!
Hot foil printing has certain advantages over many other types of printing. It can be used to produce true
'reflective metal' printing and other effects impossible with digital or lithograph print systems. Unlike with
conventional print where the intensity of print can vary, especially with litho, foil print 'runs' are stronger and
will remain consistent in colour. As a result, hot foil printing can be used to enhance and add special effects
to conventional stationery, greetings cards, certificates etc., it is used extensively in the retail sector
in the production of packaging for food and pharmaceutical products. Keep an 'eye open' when
shopping next in the supermarket, you might be surprised at the amount of foiling being used!
Being a dry process, printed goods can be handled immediately. The foil printed image is 100% opaque with most foils.
Adding foil to your printing can be beneficial
ARTWORK
With regards to supplied artwork, we need this to be in PDF format
with the foiling elements separated from any litho/digital artwork, ideally on different PDFs.
Stand alone Images/ logos need to be at 300dpi and can be sent as JPEG files.
Should you wish us to create artwork for you, please let us know what's required
so we can give you a quote.
FOIL COLOURS
Unlike many online foil print suppliers who only offer basic colours
such as Gold, Silver, Copper, Red, Blue and Green, we offer our customers
a wide choice of foil colours to choose from. We use quality foils from leading
suppliers including Kurz and FoilCo including many discontinued colours.
Thank you for contacting us with your enquiry, we will get back to you as soon as possible
usually within 48 hours
Oops, there was an error sending your query.
Please try again later